Only after taking the pictures did he smile and put his phone away. "I'll send you the photos when we get back. Don't worry, I won't post you online."
Qin Yuheng remained as accommodating as ever. "Mm."
Squatting down had been fun, but when he stood up on that tiny patch of dirt, his legs began to tremble.
A glance back at the nearly vertical mountain path below scared him so much that he dared not look again. He braced his hands against the ground and slowly rose.
Scared as he was, he also felt pretty incredible. He had made it all the way up such a high, treacherous path.
There wasn't much litter along the trail, but it had clearly been there for quite a while, proving that few people came this way. With that thought, Yu Nian took out a trash bag and picked it all up, putting it inside.
Qin Yuheng said nothing, simply helping him gather the litter in silence.
Yu Nian glanced at him. Whoa. A domineering CEO transformed into a sanitation worker.
Still, it seemed that only after reaching this stretch of trail had he slowly begun to discover the real joy of hiking.
With a like-minded companion beside him, he could never feel lonely.
For some reason, he suddenly recalled something he had once read online: one of the best ways to test the bond between two people was to climb a mountain together.
The hardships along the trail often brought out the truest side of human nature, and all the unexpected situations along the way revealed a person's most instinctive reactions.
If someone could remain patient under those circumstances, refrain from complaining, and stay resilient no matter how exhausted they were, supporting their partner as they went, then they couldn't be all